Posted on 02/18/2008 1:56:31 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
Leading Pro-Life Congressman Chris Smith Says John McCain Opposes Abortion
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
February 18, 2008
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- New Jersey congressman Chris Smith has led the pro-life charge in Congress for decades on abortion and bioethics issues. In a Monday interview, Representative Smith said likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain is pro-life on abortion and believes in protecting unborn children.
"He is pro-life in his heart of hearts, in my opinion," Smith told the Washington Times.
He said McCain's position on opposing abortion dates back decades and that his voting record on abortion matches his speeches on the campaign trail.
Smith also told the newspaper that there is little reason not to side with McCain when compared with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton -- two Democrats with decidedly pro-abortion views.
"The extreme positions taken by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been almost completely obscured, as it often is, by the focus on the Republican candidate," Smith said. "Some people like to be known as the education president. They will be known as the abortion president."
The praise for McCain's pro-life view on abortion also comes from those Arizona elected officials who know him best.
Jan Brewer, Arizona's secretary of state, and former Congressman Matt Salmon both are pro-life and both say McCain's record opposing abortion is crystal clear.
"I have been on the campaign trail, I have been at meetings with him, I have been at organization and party gatherings, the issue with him is very clear that he's pro-life," Brewer told the Times.
Salmon added that McCain endorsed him in a Congressional primary in part because of his pro-life views.
John Jakubczyk, president of the hometown Arizona Right to Life, told the Times McCain can be trusted to oppose abortion.
"From my perspective, I see him as someone we can enthusiastically support, and I look forward to his getting elected," he said.
That’s my point. You don’t hate him for his abortion views. You hate him for everything else (which is understandable).
Say what you want about McCain, but he has been a strong Right to Life vote over three decades.
I am not going to get into discussions with people who are so afraid of their candidates that all they can do is hide in the shadows and throw rocks at others.
Put up or shut up.
*I label you as a child because you responded to another who has also voted for Bush twice with absolute nonsense that "you hate McCain for everything else"! Children respond in such a global fashion.
Nah. We worked for decades to garner the political power to get the judges we need. And we had it, until he and his gang sold us down the river.
We need to reestablish the principle that is spelled out in the Reagan platform, that babes in the womb are persons and protected under the Fourteenth Amendment. McCain stands opposed to the heart of the GOP platform, and thinks states rights trump the unalienable right to life.
He's continuously empowered all the Left-most, most pro-abort politicians in the Republican Party, using George Soros' money to do so.
John McCain hates conservatives. John McCain is not pro-life. John McCain is the enemy of liberty.
I am not in panic mode.
I am more confident that my candidate will win than you are of yours.
How exactly will John McCain win without the conservative base of the GOP?
I guess you haven't noticed that conservatives just haven't been motivated to show up this year, have you?
According to Right to Life, McCain is very pro life. He has a lifetime rating of 75 percent.
NARAL gives him a ZERO to 4 percent pro-abortion rating.
So who is YOUR pro-life candidate this fall?
And how will your candidate win without being endorsed by one of the two main parties?
Like I said, I am more confident of my candidate than you are of yours.
Who?
NRTL is almost as far gone as John McCain, sadly.
I’ll be voting for a conservative in the fall. IOW, not John McCain. I’d no more vote for him than I would vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
**”He is pro-life in his heart of hearts, in my opinion,” Smith told the Washington Times. **
BTTT!
You've climbed on the McCain bus, and are so busy chatting you've failed to notice that the vehicle is hurtling toward a cliff.
Look out the window, Mr. Brightside.
Under McCain, the GOP is gonna be lying on the rocks next to the Whigs.
Jump off while there's still time.
Reminds me of GW Bush "looking into the eyes" of Putin.
I’ll bet you beat me to the bottom of the cliff.
Has you candidate already gone over the edge?
McCain wants Roe vs Wade OVERTHROWN! You're at the point of pathetic. You have a nice day Hillary lover.
No. My candidate is standing firm exactly where he always has...on the rock of faith in God, belief in the Declaration principles that declare that our rights come from Him, the Constitution, and the sovereignty of the American people.
Are you retarded? Seriously, are you? It's not my job to spoon feed retards like you. McCain is extremely pro-life and wants Roe vs Wade overthrown. You go vote for Hillary. It's your style.
The McCain campaign message to conservatives:
“You’re a retard.”
Very patriotic.
But too bad He is not on the ballot.
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